The Lead

CNN anchor Jake Tapper will interview former FBI Director James Comey on April 19. The interview will air live at 4 PM during Tapper’s The Lead. The interview will touch on the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mails and potential ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. Comey’s book, A Higher Loyalty: […]

Two of the Republican Party’s top voices were against each other on Thursday as Speaker Paul Ryan said that he does not currently support Donald Trump as the party’s nominee. “I’m just not ready to do that at this point. I’m not there right now,” Ryan said on CNN’s The […]

“Seriously?” That was how anchor Jake Tapper responded to Michael Cohen’s claim that “Mr. Trump’s memory is fantastic. I’ve never come across a situation that Mr. Trump has said something that is not accurate.” Cohen serves as legal counsel to Trump and the Trump Organization. Tapper attempted to ask another […]

Jake Tapper was announced as the new anchor of CNN’s State of the Union. Tapper will continue to serve as Senior Washington Correspondent and anchor of The Lead on CNN, in addition to his new anchoring duties. He will begin anchoring on June. CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker announced […]

With the week’s ratings out, the results are that Jake Tapper and The Lead failed to surpass any of Michael Smerconish’s demos in the week-over-week. Although Graph 1 does show that both shows followed similar trends in their weekday programming. Spikes on Monday before slowing down on Tuesday, a spike […]